How to Speed Up Indexing in Outlook 2007

Written by ruby neusom| 13/05/2017

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Microsoft Outlook can speed up your workflow, increasing productivity. But sometimes indexing can lag, causing searches to take longer than usual and the program to slow down. There are several techniques you can use to speed up your indexing. These strategies will help alleviate lag in Outlook and allow you to maximise your productivity once more.

If you don't routinely search through certain parts of your system, you can remove them from your indexing locations to speed up the indexing process.

Type "Indexing" into the control panel search or the Start menu search box. Click on "Indexing Options" when it appears.

In the window that pops up, you can see all the locations that are currently indexed. Click the "Modify" button.

Uncheck the box next to a location you no longer want indexed. Click the "Show All Locations" button to see the default locations, if you want to remove them from the list of indexing locations. Remove all locations except for Outlook to maximise indexing speed in Outlook.